#album-announcements

#album-announcements

2026 continues to get off to an exciting start musically, and this week gave us the first Arctic Monkeys song in four years plus album announcements from Courtney Barnett, James Blake, Snail Mail, and a handful of others. We talked about all that and more on today's episode of BV Weekly, on which we also talked about last week's A$AP Rocky album, Pitchfork's new user reviews, and more.

While touring City Of Clowns, I stumbled on a crazy video using Fun Times audio on an Instagram story, right before our São Paulo show. Next thing I knew, someone backstage was asking me what I thought of it, saying that the guy who did it was his friend. My reply to this was: let's make it the official video on YouTube! Many thanks to Muriel Burial for this work of art, it encapsulates so well the spirit behind Fun Times.

So many artists, so many songs, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we'd call "indie," and talk about what metal is coming out. We post music news, track premieres, and more all day. We update a playlist weekly of some of our current favorite tracks.